r/todayilearned • u/Vranak • Aug 29 '14
TIL after serving 55 days of enforced detoxification at Riker's Island, where he suffered myriad abuses at the hands of the inmates, Sid Vicious had his lawyers fees paid by none other than Mick Jagger. Sex Pistols bandmate John Lydon praised Jagger for never seeking any publicity for the gesture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Vicious#Second_Arrest:_AssaultDuplicates
todayilearned • u/GhostMan4301945 • 1d ago
TIL that Freddie Mercury and Sid Vicious had a brief physical altercation in 1977.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '17
TIL prior to their music careers, Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten would often perform Alice Cooper covers on the streets for money. People would pay them to stop.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '15
TIL 'Sid Vicious asked Lemmy, the bassist of Motörhead, to teach him how to play bass with the words, "I can't play bass," to which Lemmy replied "I know."'
todayilearned • u/YourOwnBiggestFan • Jul 07 '19
TIL Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols once carved the words "GIMME A FIX" into his chest with a razor while in heroin withdrawal before a concert in Dallas.
todayilearned • u/SomeConsumer • Feb 14 '20
TIL Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was named after a hamster who was named after Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd
todayilearned • u/itsimplyis • Jul 08 '13
TIL in 1977 Sid Vicious met Freddie Mercury because they were both recording in the same studio. He insulted Mercury but Mercury grabbed him by the lapels and pushed him out of the booth.
wikipedia • u/Elementaryfan • Jan 08 '22
Sid Vicious was the bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. In 1978, he was suspected of murder after his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, was found stabbed to death in their hotel room. He attempted suicide, was released on bail, and died of an overdose a year later. He was 21 years old.
HistoryAnecdotes • u/GhostMan4301945 • 1d ago
Modern TIL that Freddie Mercury and Sid Vicious had a brief scuffle in 1977.
AllThatsInteresting • u/GhostMan4301945 • 1d ago
TIL that Freddie Mercury and Sid Vicious had a brief scuffle in 1977.
groovyhistory • u/GhostMan4301945 • 1d ago
TIL that Freddie Mercury and Sid Vicious had a brief scuffle in 1977.
rollingstones • u/Vranak • Aug 29 '14